Fix: .editorconfig is now reloaded on :config-reload

helix-term/src/application.rs

@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ impl Application {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Refreshes configuration for the editor.
+    /// Current list of configurations updated:
+    ///     - `config.toml`
+    ///     - `languages.toml`
+    ///     - `.editorconfig`
+    ///     - `{theme}.toml`
     fn refresh_config(&mut self) {
         let mut refresh_config = || -> Result<(), Error> {
             let default_config = Config::load_default()
@@ -414,6 +420,8 @@ impl Application {
                 .reconfigure(default_config.editor.clone().into())?;
             // Store new config
             self.config.store(Arc::new(default_config));
+            // Runs after updating the config so all documents have access to new values
+            self.refresh_editor_config()?;
             Ok(())
         };
 
@@ -427,6 +435,15 @@ impl Application {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Force all documents to redetect .editorconfig settings
+    fn refresh_editor_config(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        for document in self.editor.documents.values_mut() {
+            document.detect_editor_config();
+            document.detect_indent_and_line_ending();
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Load the theme set in configuration
     fn load_configured_theme(editor: &mut Editor, config: &Config) {
         let true_color = config.editor.true_color || crate::true_color();

helix-view/src/document.rs

@@ -1172,7 +1172,8 @@ impl Document {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn detect_editor_config(&mut self) {
+    pub fn detect_editor_config(&mut self) {
+        self.editor_config = EditorConfig::default();
         if self.config.load().editor_config {
             if let Some(path) = self.path.as_ref() {
                 self.editor_config = EditorConfig::find(path);